Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories


Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam

(4.8 stars; 8 reviews)

'The Listener'
First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances...

'Number Thirteen'
Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence...

'The Horla'
Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers.

'The Beast with Five Fingers'
With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and a marked attention to battening down save them?

'Sister Maddalena'
Will a trapped and tragic woman finally find peace?

'Thrawn Janet'
A lost soul wandering the Scottish moor. Is she misunderstood? Is she ill? Or is she in league with the devil himself?

'The Yellow Cat'
A terrifying tale at sea! But what is it about the ship's cat?

'Letter to Sura'
Who says ancient Rome can't have ghost stories? - Summary by The Reader (5 hr 10 min)

Kapitel

'The Listener' by Algernon Blackwood 54:29 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'Number Thirteen' by Montague Rhodes James 31:33 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'Joseph: A Story' by Katherine Rickford 17:34 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'The Horla' by Guy de Maupassant 51:15 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'The Beast With Five Fingers' by William F. Harvey 51:02 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'Sister Maddalena' by Ralph Adams Cram 35:06 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'Thrawn Janet' by Robert Louis Stevenson 23:18 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'The Yellow Cat' by William Daniel Steele 38:40 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam
'Letter to Sura' by Pliny the Younger 7:34 Gelesen von Edmund Bloxam

Bewertungen

Dramatic!


(5 stars)

A good selection of ghost stories by some of the masters of the art, rendered even more scary by Edmund's inimitable style with some great character voices.

Worth it


(5 stars)

Good stories, great narrative.